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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by qubex on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:03PM (#18728594)
Probably you had one of those ‘winmodem’ monstrosities that were prevalent at the time. I experienced similar problems.
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Re:Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist ... by chrisseaton on Thursday December 20, 2018 @08:06PM (#18730697)
There's nothing inherently wrong with a software modem. It's just a different way of implementing the hardware. Some software modems were effectively programmable DSPs, almost like a software defined radio for a wired connection.

I doubt they ever claimed Linux driver support so it's not their fault people weren't able to get them working.

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